Curtain-hook.



M. L. GOULD.

CURTAIN HOOK.

APPLICATION PILBI) OUT. 8, 1908.

Patented Aug. 31, 1909.,

m w m w MARY L. GOULD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CURTAIN-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 8, 1908. Serial No. 456,841.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY L. GOULD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Hooks, of

The invention consists in a double reverse hook one end of which issharpened and pointed for forcible insertion into a door or windowframe, the other end being adapted to engage around a curtain.

In the drawings, Figure 1, is a face view of a portion of a window ordoor with my hook in place. Fig. 2, is a section of a door casingshowing the hook in place. Fig. 3, is a detail perspective of the hook.

The hook, as seen most clearly in Fig. 2, comprises a straight bodyportion 1 adapted to lie flat against the window or door casing andhaving 011 one end thereof thehook 2,

parallel with the body and adapted to surround or partially surroundacurtain or other like hanging inthe manner shown in Fig. 1. The otherend of the shank 1 is bent into the form of a hook 3, which is thereverse of the hook 2 and parallel with the same and the body 1. Thehook 3 is provided with the flattened prongs 4-, these prongs beingsharpened so that this portion of the hook may be forced into the woodwork of a window or door casing or between the wood of a casing and thewall of the room.

The hook is preferably made of sheet metal and formed substantially asshown in Fig. 2, but it is obvious, of course, that the body of the hookmight be ornamented in any manner desired or formed so as to givestrength to the sheet metal.

The operation of the device is obvious. The hook may be inserted intothe edge of a window or door casing preferably between the casing andthe wall behind it, but if necessary into the wood itself. It may beplaced higher or lower upon the casing as desired and adjusted quicklyto suit any exigencies. The curtain is placed within the hook in themanner shown in Fig. 1.

It will be seenithat my invention does away with cords to hold back thewindow curtain and particularly that it allows the curtain to be caughtup at any desired height which is not the case with the means usedto-day for drawing back window curtains. The curtain may be drawn backat its upper portion so as to get practically the entire light of thewindow or at the lower portion only so as to keep out the light ifdesired.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A curtain holder comprising a straight body portionhaving its ends bentinto reverse hook portions, said body portion and saidhook portionsbeing parallel and the end of one of said hooks being pronged andsharpened, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

I MARY L. GOULD.

Witnesses:

E. A. GOULD, W. 0. SMITH.

Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

